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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
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  • Quantifiers
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  • Character Classes
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  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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gm

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$re = '/(?:單([^\d\$])+)/m'; $str = '10:11く⑥你的萬寧官方網店訂單已確認 - 2105351889く萬寧 mannings你的訂單已確認 -2105351889Ruby Wong 你好，感謝你於萬寧官方網店購物。我們會盡快處理你的訂單，以下是你的訂單詳情：訂單編號2105351889訂購日期2024年6月3日收貨地址：香港九龍紅磡高山道9號恒山閣4樓 403室送貨詳情：訂單狀態：訂單處理中預計送貨日期：2-5個工作天（以收到短訊/電郵日期為準）［請留意］所有送貨日期和時間均為預計的。當閣下的訂單和送貨獲得確認後，閣下將會收到我們有關實際送貨安排的事先通知。萬寧將保留因應實際貨存而修改訂單內容之權利。產品售價Abbotf雅培金装加營素方便即飲裝雲呢拿味$518.00（原箱）250毫升×24罐171496數量4金額$1,761.20金裝加營素即飲裝原箱85折運費：訂單總額：vuu ID:免費$1,761.20 '; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0); // Print the entire match result var_dump($matches);

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php